2019: #15 – Vox (Christina Dalcher)

I had mixed feelings about this book. It’s certainly a horrifying scenario — after the election of a very conservative president, the rights of all women have slowly been eroded away. As the story opens, they are not allowed to work, not allowed to read, and not allowed to speak more than 100 words a day. Even children are subject to these rules, with schools

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2017: #12 – The Last One (Alexandra Oliva)

This was a book that should have been right in my wheelhouse. A story about a reality show mixed with dystopia? Yes, please! But ultimately, I don’t think it fulfilled its promises. My first problem with it is that the narration style left me feeling very detached from the main character, Sam/Zoo. Some chapters focus on establishing the reality show — what happens at the

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2012: #45 – Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)

Title: Uglies Author: Scott Westerfeld Series: Uglies Trilogy #01 Format: Paperback Pages: 432 Release Date: 2005 Publisher: Scholastic Trade Source: personal copy Read the back of the book Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. Not for her license — for turning pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an

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